Firmware Engineering Lead – Embedded, IoT & Cloud

AB InBev; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Pension

Private medical

Parental leave

Beer allowance

Volunteer days

Life assurance

Job summary

AB InBev is seeking a Firmware Lead Engineer for a new connected-appliance platform with global scale. You will lead hands-on firmware development, architecture decisions, and integration with hardware, sensors, and cloud services.

The role combines technical leadership with line management of one Firmware Developer. You’ll work across hardware, cloud, and product teams, ensuring secure provisioning, OTA updates, and robust testing.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience developing embedded software in C++ and working with RTOS and hardware interfaces.
• Proven ability to bring up, debug, and test firmware on physical devices.
• Experience with connected products, networking protocols, and device-to-cloud integration.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve firmware architecture for the device platform, within domain standards.
• Develop and review embedded C++ software for ESP32-C5 platform across modules.
• Lead implementation of event-driven messaging and typed contracts for modular integration.
• Integrate firmware with sensors, actuators, cooling and keg-management functions, UI, diagnostics and monitoring.
• Coordinate firmware work with hardware, cloud and mobility teams and external partners.
• Line manage and mentor the Firmware Developer, setting expectations for quality and delivery.

Skills

Embedded C++

RTOS

Device-to-cloud

Leadership

Testing

AI-assisted tools

Tools

ESP32 IDF

Azure IoT

AWS IoT

BLE provisioning

OTA updates

Job description

AB InBev is seeking a Firmware Lead Engineer for a new connected-appliance platform with global scale. You will lead hands-on firmware development, architecture decisions, and integration with hardware, sensors, and cloud services.

The role combines technical leadership with line management of one Firmware Developer. You’ll work across hardware, cloud, and product teams, ensuring secure provisioning, OTA updates, and robust testing.